T-9-Q33.
Which of the following, if true,most logically completes the passage?
A recent poll found that over 80percent of the residents of Nalmed Province favored a massive expansion of thecommuter rail system as a means of significantly easing congestion on theprovince’s highways and were willing to help pay for the expansion through anincrease in their taxes. Nevertheless, the poll results indicate that expansionof the rail system, if successfully completed, would be unlikely to achieve itsgoal of easing congestion, because .
A. most of people in favor of expanding the rail systemreported less congestion during their highway commute as the primary benefitthey would experience.
B. of the less than 20 percent of residents not counted as favoring theexpansion, about half claimed to have no opinion one way or the other.
C. the twice-daily periods of peak congestion caused by people commuting incars have grown from about an hour each to almost two and a half hours each inthe past 20 years.
D. expanding the commuter rail system will require the construction ofdozens of miles of new railroads.
E. the proposed expansion to the commuter rail system will make it possiblefor some people who both live and work at suburban locations to commute byrail.
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